The Straits Times, 6 May 1971

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    24 1 Wu$WtRAGE DAILY CERTIFIED SALE EXCEEDS 200,000 The Straits Times. The National Newspaper Estd. 1845 THURSDAY, MAY 6, 1971 20 CENTS M.C. (P) No. 2507
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    Nanyang arrests: Writ against Minister
    290 1 Nanyang arrests: Writ against Minister SINGAPORE, Wed fPHREE senior executives 1 of Nanyang Siang Pau were granted leave by the High Court today to apply for writs of habeas corpus to be issued against the Minister for Home Affairs and the Commissioner of Police. They are Lee Ma v Seng,
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    Lock icon Money marts in turmoil
    704 1 Money marts in turmoil Banks stop buying US dollars LONDON, Wednesday THE world's money markets plunged into turmoil today, os West Germany's Federal Bank pulled the props out from under the beleaguered US dollar. The bank stopped buying dollars, after having bought heavily yesterday in a massive support operation for
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    Lock icon New US spy in the sky
    244 1 New US spy in the sky CAPE KENNEDY. Wed. \N enormous "watchdog satellite was launched into space early this morning to guard the United States and allies against the possibility of an enemy missile attack. The 1,800 Ib. (816.48 kilograms) satellite was carried into space by an Air Force Titan
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    Lock icon Coast guard killed
    40 1 SEOUL. Wed. A South Korean coast guard was killed and another wounded In an overnight sea battle with a small North Korean spy ship disguised as a fishing boat, the Counterespionage Operations Command here said today. Reuter.
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    Lock icon Cave-in kills 20
    42 1 CHICOUTIMI. (Quebec). Wed. At least 20 people are dead and another 20 missing today after an earth cave-In burled some 30 homes in a deep hole •bout 10 miles (16 km) north of here. Quebec provincial police reported. Reuter.
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    Water rationing from Tuesday?
    51 1 CINGAPORE, Wed. Water ration, ing is likely to be introduced from Tuesday next week because dwindling stocks in the reservoirs have reached a "critical" position. Sources said tonight that the PUB was planning to Impose rationing on alternate days. No further details are available. (See Page
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    Lock icon Record drugs haul
    36 1 SAN FRANCISCO. Wed.-l'.S. Customs officers seised their bluest haul of Marijuana— five tons, valued at about USSIS million and made eight arrests following a sea chase off the California Coast yesterday.— Reuter. Sinatra
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    CHINA IS READYING FOB WAR: SOVIET JOURNAL
    157 1 CHINA IS READYING FOB WAR: SOVIET JOURNAL MOSCOW, Wed. China ls readying itself for war. with even young schoolgirls learning how to wield a bayonet and get used to the rigours of night marches, the Literary Gazette here said today. "It is a fact that China ls preparing for war
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    Sinatra may invest in Pangkor tourist complex
    268 1  - Sinatra may invest in Pangkor tourist complex r" CHIN CHENG MEI By- LONDON, Wed. Frank Sinatra ls expected to pour several million dollars into a tourist complex on Pulau Pangkor Laut. a $50--million project to be completed by 1974. The Sultan of Perak is the president of the Emerald Isle
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    Lock icon 852s pound Vietcong
    66 1 SAIGON. Wed. U.S. 852 Stratofortresses, America's biggest bombers, attacked North Vietnamese positions In South Vietnam, Cambcdla and Laos today In a triple punch aimed at slowing Hanoi's war-making capabilities. The U.S. Command acknowledged for the first time that the 852 bombers are supporting Royal Laotian forces In
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    Lost 34 held on Indon isle?
    278 1 Lost 34 held on Indon isle? KUALA TRENGGANU. Wed. The 34 fishermen lost In the South China Sea about a week are believed to be detained on an island in Indonesian waters. It is believed that they were stopped by Indonesian marine police while they were fishing about 40 miles
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    Seven hurt in crash
    52 1 SINGAPORE. Wed— Two men, believed to be brothers, were seriously lnrwii wnen tneir Tovot a Corolla car was Involved in a head-on collision with an Austin A-40 In Holland Road late tonight. The five occupants of the Austin, whfch Included two women and two children, were
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    Knocked down
    24 1 SINGAPORE. Wed. An unidentified European man was taken to hospital early today after he was knocked down by ClinSd «cr COUyW ne
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    Suspected poisoning
    30 1 BINOAPORK. Wed. A 22--year-old Malaysian woman. Pang Pong Han, was admitted to Outram Hospital late tonight with suspected poisoning. She was discharged from hospital only two days ago.
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    Lock icon MANILA MISSION IN PEKING
    43 1 TOKYO. Wed. A 14--member trade mission of the Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines arrived in Peking by air today after visiting China's 1971 spring export commodity fair in Kwangchow (Canton) in south China, a Peking broadcast said.— AP.
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    Man who goes round the world with $500,000 gems on a trolley
    198 3 SINGAPORC. Wed. FEW people believe Mr. Max Sljcal when he tells them what he has in the three trunks he wheels around the world. Who would, if told that bis frayed, leather cases contain told, diamonds, rubies, and
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    Four youths evade police after car chase
    205 3 Four youths evade police after car chase KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Four youths crawled out of an overturned car at Old Kuchai Road and escaped police after a tenminute chase by a patrol car early this morning. At least one youth Is believed to be injured as blood strains were found
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    Rock blasting at Henderson Road
    82 3 Rock blasting at Henderson Road SINGAPORE. Wed— The Government has amended the dates for the rock blasting operations in connection with the construction of the extension of Henderson Road to Pender Road. The new dates are May 11. 15. 18. 22. and 26. June 1. 4. 8. 12. 16. 19.
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    Talk at library
    32 3 BINOAPORE, Wed. Architect Mr. Raymond Kuan Leung Heng will speak on "Challenge* of Urbanisation and our Heritage" at the National Library staff training room at 2.20 pjr. on Saturday.
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    FINED $450 FOR TWO TRAFFIC OFFENCES
    121 3 FINED $450 FOR TWO TRAFFIC OFFENCES SINGAPORE, Wed. A Petty Officer Peter Philip Edmondson of the H.M.S. Forth was Jailed for a day and fined a total of 5450 today for having two traffic offenc«s In Admiralty Road West on March 18. He was fined $250 and jailed for a
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    Chamber team for Peking
    36 3 PEUANO. Wed. The Penang Chinese Chamber of Commerce Is planning to tend a trade delegation to China. The delegation, confined a the chamber. U expected to spend about one month in China.
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    Lock icon Delay on Brunei defence talks
    36 3 LONDON. Wed. BritishBrunei Government talks on future defence and external relations today entered their third week and it seemed likely that final agreements would be delayed for i«yeral more days. Reuter.
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    Archery course
    42 3 SINGAPORE. Wed. The Chinese YMCA's camping department is conducting a sixsession Indoor archery course for beginners from May 18. The fee is $15 for members and 120 for non-members and registration can be made with the department at Tel: *****.
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    Britain pays out $50m to pull-out workers
    437 3  -  R. CHANDRAN Singapore. Wed. Another 13,000 staff to be retrenched By JJRITISH military authorities here have paid out more than $50 million in redundancy payments to ex-civilian employees of the services stationed in Singapore. The sum was paid out to about 15,000 exworkers
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    Lock icon 'DON'T HATE JAPANESE' PoW PADRE IS DEAD
    77 3 'DON'T HATE JAPANESE' PoW PADRE IS DEAD SYDNEY, Wed. The Rev. Father Lionel Thomas Marsden, who was widely known for his work among Australian prisoners of war in Changi, has died, aged 59. Father Marsden spent three years in the notorious camp and five months on the ThailandBurma Railway. During
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    Seminar
    33 3 SINGAPORE, Wed. A computer appreciation seminar has been organised (or members of the news media by International Computers Limited at its office In River Valley Road at 9.15 a.m. on May IS.
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    Kidney survey: Fewer rebuffs now
    150 3 SINGAPORE, W«d. 1 THE 20 University of Singapore medical students who began a $5-a-nlght assignment two nights ago to collect urine samples from Alexandra area residents now find their tasks easier. Dr. Wee Boon Seng, the organiser, said: "Things re «et*ing better now. "Peopl« are
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    Jakarta sets up army 'screening' posts on two isles
    212 3 Jakarta sets up army 'screening' posts on two isles \MVAR, Wed. IndoiTl nesla has set up army posts on two islands, off Sumatra, to keep a look-out for "'subversive elements" attempting to slip into the country. Any one found in Indonesian waters Is screened. This was disclosed by four of
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    First Lady's visit
    31 3 SINGAPORE, Wed. The First Lady. Mrs. B.H. Sheares. will visit the Red Cross Crippled Children's Home and the Cheshire Home at Tanah Merah Besar, Changi, on Friday morning.
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    No mail
    17 3 SINGAPORE. Wed. There will be no delivery of letters or parcels on Monday. Vtosak Day.
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    'BENDS' FISHERMAN TREATED AT THE NAVAL BASE
    184 3 'BENDS' FISHERMAN TREATED AT THE NAVAL BASE SINGAPORE, Wednesday AN Indonesian fisherman, paralysed from the A waist down after contracting "bends" in the South China Sea, completed a 42 -hour course of special treatment at the Naval Base this afternoon, i Madl B. Tama, 31, a father of seven, became
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    Severer penalties for smuggling sought
    117 4 Severer penalties for smuggling sought I£UALA LUMPUR, Wed. More painful penalties may soon be imposed on smuggling. This was stated by the senior assistant director of the Malaysian Royal Customs and Excise Department, Haji Ahmad Ridhwan, at a press conference here today. He said that the present penalty of ten
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    Opposing views on freedom of speech at sedition trial
    1111 4 Opposing views on freedom of speech at sedition trial QC: SAME CONSIDERATION IN PENANG OR ENGLAND KUALA LUMPUR, Wad. DIFFERING views on free- dom of speech were given today in the High Court which is hearing the DAP sedition case. Sir Dingle Foot QC, for one of the four accused,
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    Soil tests near East Lagoon
    64 4 Soil tests near East Lagoon SINGAPORE, Wed. The Port Authority Is carry Ing out an Investigation cf. the soil In the vicinity of East Lagoon container berths In the Eastern Roads. The project, which will oe carried out with a drilling barge and other smaller boats, will iMt till the
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    POLITE CONDUCTOR: A ROTARY REMINDER
    77 4 ttINOAPORE, Wed. M The Rotary Club of Singapore, East, today asked those Interested In reporting bus conductors for Its most courteous bus conductor contest to remember to state the conductor's name, his number If he has one, his bus company, the number of his bus
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    China in the mood to do trade
    1076 5  -  Charles Smith By who has just returned to London from Canton. He explains how China, after the "thaw", is reopening its doors in foreign trade. TH E Kowloon railway station in Hong Kong is one of the more forlorn of the world's major
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    AT CANTON'S FAIR, THERE'S AN AIR OF EXCITEMENT
    432 5 exotic Items and the vast amount of wall and floor space devoted to advertising the achievements of China under Mao there Is a very great deal to Interest overseas buyers, and not only in the fields traditionally dominated by Chinese exports. The
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    Man is arrested after hold-up in taxi
    162 6 Man is arrested after hold-up in taxi CINGAPORE, Wed. Police have arrested a man and are looking (or three others who tied up a taxi driver before driving off in his taxi today. According to the driver. Mr. Tan Teck Heng. 42. the four men had stopped the taxi at
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    Man found hanged from tree
    61 6 Man found hanged from tree SINGAPORE. Wed. The body of a man was found hanged from a tree in York Hill off Outram Road today. The body clad in black trcusers and white singlet has been identified by police as that of Mak Hoy of Sego Street. Relatives are abked
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    Malaysia may invite Peking trade mission
    316 6 Malaysia may invite Peking trade mission KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday M A L AYSIA'S trade mission to China which leaves for the .mainland tomorrow morning may extend invitations to their counterparts in Peking for a reciprocal visit here. The leader of the mission, Tengku Razaleigh bin Tengku Mohamed Hamzah, who disclosed
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    Brunei call for closer ties with neighbours
    182 6 Brunei call for closer ties with neighbours BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN. Wed. Brunei was anted today to embark on a "diplomatic offensive" aimed at its immediate neighbours to ensure its future stability. The call came from Inche Latif Hamid, secretary feneral of the Brunei Peoples Independence Front, who said that the
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    Phone system donated to Sisters by six groups
    137 6 Phone system donated to Sisters by six groups SINGAPORE, Wed. The inter-telephone system for the Little Sisters of the Poor was donated by six associations and not by one company as reported in the Straits Times on April 30. The associations are Malayan Breweries Main Distributors. Singapore Wine and Spirit
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    Misadventure verdict
    32 6 SINGAPORE. Wed. A coroner's court today recorded a finding of "death by misadventure" at Inquiry into the deaj.ii of carpenter Ooh Hock Chuan, who was found dead on Katong beach.
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    Doctor's advice on how to beat lack of magnesium
    196 6 Doctor's advice on how to beat lack of magnesium CINGAPORE, Wed. Take more green leafy vegetables and meat and less rice and bread, Singapore s "magnesium deficient" citizens were advised today. "Also, do not drink too much alcohol." said Dr. Urn Pin, 33 of the University of Singapore. Dr. Lim,
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    Three hurt as bus goes off road
    88 7 •THREE men two pedes- trians and a passenger were injured when this bus went off the road and landed in a drain at Kirn Tian Road yesterday. Kolanda Velu, 31, and Balakrlshnan, 24, were strolling along the pedestrian walk at 5.40 p.m. when
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    FIVE OLD GRAVES FOUND
    71 7 FIVE OLD GRAVES FOUND SINGAPORE, Wed. Five "decades-old" craves with Chinese tombstones have been unearthed by Public Works Deparment men at Lower Delta Roaii. The discovery on Monda> was only reported to the police today. Workmen, widening the highway connecting it with Telok Blangah Road, stumbled upon the graves in
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    Wife: 'Husband beat me'
    59 7 SINGAPORE. Wed— A seamstress told the High Court today that her husband beat her and drove her out of the house (or "no reason at all" three years after their wedding. Mrs. Llm Tlau Wah nee Ah Sol, 39, who was suing her husband for divorce
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    Rubber meeting to seek solution to US stockpile threat
    219 7 Rubber meeting to seek solution to US stockpile threat KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday OUBBER producing countries will meet here next 1V week to seek a permanent solution to the threat posed by the United States rubber stock- pile. A number of possible measures will be discussed by the special task force
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    Art show at National Library
    73 7 Art show at National Library SINGAPORE, Wed. An exhibition of "Art In various media" by Mrs. Rose J. Cherrler, an American housewife staying In Singapore, was opened tonight at the National Library by Its director, Mrs. Hedwlg Anuar. On display at the exhibition are many of Mrs. Cherrlers works created
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    Man wounded by gunshot
    35 7 SERKMBAN, Wed. Mat Yunus bin Bldln. 36, was admitted to Tampln hospital yesterday with a gunshot wound. Police believe a man chasing a civet cat with a shotgun fired the shot.
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      288 7 Straits Times Crossword HP WM^ IH^ I^F* HP* IT flV** ACROSS 8. Tobacco bird (4). 9. Got Bilbao group to provide 14. In time to entertain visitors? the music (9). (2-4. 4). 10. Age of retirement for novelist 15. Church people are the first is about a hundred! (S). ones
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    FISHERMEN ALLEGE ASSAULT WHILE DETAINED IN INDIA
    209 8 FISHERMEN ALLEGE ASSAULT WHILE DETAINED IN INDIA CINGAPORE, Wed. J The Singapore Marine Products Workers' Union is to protest to the Indian High Commission here over alleged ill-treat-ment of nine of the' r members during theidetention in an Indian prison. The nine fishermen returned on Monday after one years' imprisonment
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    Concert by guitarist
    49 8 SINGAPORE. Wed. The Singapore Musical Society will present a concert by Berlin ?ultarist Siegfried Behrend and oik singer Leanina Bellna at the Victoria Theatre on May 20 at 8.45 p m Tickets at %6. 15, $4. $3 and *2 are available at the usual booking centres.
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    Wife, living apart, assaulted by husband for working in a bar
    179 8 SINGAPORE, Wad. A WOMAN, who left her detective husband, was beaten up by him three years later because, he said, she had "disgraced" him by working in a bar. Mrs. Chan Slew Koon, nee Chay Lai Kirn, 38, was
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    development decade for S-E Asia' pledge
    522 8 development decade for S-E Asia' pledge ECONOMIC MEETING ENDS WITH. KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday Asian countries today pledged to join hands and work together in close partnership to make the 70s the "South-east Asian Development Decade." The countries are Japan, Thailand, Indonesia, the Philippines, South Vietnam, the Khmer Republic, Laos Singapore
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    Advertisers Association officials
    80 8 Advertisers Association officials SINGAPORE. Wed— Mr. S. Senn. general manager of Nestle Products (M) Bhd., was re-elected president of the Advertisers Association at its recent annual meeting. Mr. Patrick Mow* of Federal Publications Sdn. Bhd. and Mr. James P. Chin of Dunlop Malaysian Industries Bhd. are the vice-presidents. Committee members
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    Trespass fine
    40 8 SINGAPORE, Wed. Pang Wai Swol. 28. was fined 1100 on Monday when he admitted trespassing in the Singapore Turf Club on Saturday. The court was told that Pang was warned by the club officials but he Ignored them.
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    Man found hanged
    33 8 SINOAPORE. Wed. Ng Hew. 71, was found hanged from a beam In the kitchen of his Jalan Tenteram home at 8.30 p.m. on Monday. Police do not suspect foul play.
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      88 8 Alley Oap By y Tm Uamlin MAlAbner B, Al Cm*? f THAT GUV> I WHAT* > nSSSS^eSr S I SzE^O T ?eS? M X- 3?^^ HAINT MAD > TOOK TO o <_ >DONTLETrrBEKJo) S TOEF rr n TDUSETWHANKIEff-Oi H SUMPTHIKJ'^Y OUTA A STRAIN ON VO-J X™**" j S L WMUT
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    Lock icon Chona—a true 'blue' lady who thinks 'lady luck' has been kind to her
    304 9  - Chona— a true 'blue' lady who thinks 'lady luck' has been kind to her TAN WEE LIAN I B 1 am RS. Chona Kaston is a true "blue" lady. She is one of the Philippines' First Lady, Mrs. Imelda Marcos' "blue ladles" who aid her In her welfare campaigns and
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    Malacca antilitter laws
    45 9 MALACCA, Wed. The State Assembly, at It's next meeting, will enact antl-lltter laws, the Chief Minister, Dato Hajl Tallb bin Karlm, said today. "People can be healthy and free from sickness only If their homes and surroundings are kept clean," he added.
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    Fined $45
    21 9 SINGAPORE. Wed. Lorrydiiver Yeo Eng Lock wu fined $49 for speeding along Buklt Timah Road on Oct. 23, 1907.
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    Woman finds husband's secret under his pillow
    158 9 Woman finds husband's secret under his pillow CINGAPORE, Wed. A housewife found her husband's secret under his pillow one morning. She investigated. And today, it ended in divorce for her In the High Court. Mrs. Chua Koon Hwa, 37, a cashier said: "It all began one morning in May, 1962
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    Have Fun Party tickets
    59 9 SINGAPORE. Wed. Donation tickets, at a minimum of (8 each, for the Have Pun Party, art Mill available from the Cold Storage. C.K. Tang and Robin•on's. It is organised by the Singapore Women's Association in aid of the Association for the Blind and will be held
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    Fairs to get fire fighting service?
    373 9  -  TAN WANG JOO By Singapore, Wed rTHE National Safety L First Council organisers of the exposition which caught fire on Monday is considering setting up a permanent auxiliary fire fighting service for all future fairs. In the meantime, there will be round-the-clock flre patrols
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    365 10  - How our no-litter laws help keep Sydney clean JUDY YOUNG: By Singapore, Wed THE Lord Mayor x of Sydney, Dr. Emmet McDermott, talked today about garbage, and ho\y Singapore's antilitter laws are helping his city keep clean. "The world seems about to bury itself in its own garbage," he said.
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    CLEAN-UP BEACHES CALL
    73 10 CLEAN-UP BEACHES CALL KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. The Government was today urged to take immediate steps to prevent the beaches and sea at Port Dickson from being polluted by oil as this was driving away tourists. "Otherwise x>oth local and foreign tourists may decide to skip Port Dickson which is one
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    Supreme Court upholds $522,000 tax on 52-acre property
    286 10 SINGAPORE, Wed. The Supreme Court today affirmed a High Court decision last year that the tax liability of a 52-acre property in Dunearn Road had been properly assessed at $522,116. It dismissed the appeal by the two joint liquidators of Stamford Park
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    Two promoted
    24 10 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. Two colonels have been promoted to brigadier-generals. They are Brig-Gen. Mohamed Ghazalt bin Che Mat and Brig-Gen. A. Arulpragasam.
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    Boy tells of night a man tried to kiss his mum
    244 10 Boy tells of night a man tried to kiss his mum SINGAPORE, Wed. J A boy today destiibed how he was awakened In a hotel ioom one night and saw his mother strug pling in a man t embrace. Iskandar H. B. Alls-Jah-bana, 10, was testifying at the trial of
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    Holiday
    26 10 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. The public holiday (or the birthday of Prophet Muhammad falls on Friday except for Johore and Sarawak which will be on Saturday.
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      Getting mixedup with Charlie and Bob
      298 11 Getting mixedup with Charlie and Bob T ATELY many Chinese parents have been Inserting Christian Western names in front of the names of their children. I know this because in my dally work I have had occasions to check children's birth certificates. Hence we have names like James Tan Hock
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      BACK TO BUSES FOR US
      320 11 BACK TO BUSES FOR US IS the NTUC for the worker, or is it merely interested in running as many profitable ventures as possible? Since the mini -bus (Comfort) service started In January, supposedly to make travelling more comfortable for union members and school children, my particular bus has had
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      It's only for a short while
      423 11 Backlane hawking... J REFER to the letter by "Anak Singapura" (S.T. April 23) headlined "A backlane's a backlane and that's no place to eat." It Is considered that a backlane Ls not a proper place to eat In. The Government appreciates this and has
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      WHY NOT A COMMON DINING AREA FOR STALLS
      523 11 WHY NOT A COMMON DINING AREA FOR STALLS STRONGLY confirm the views expressed by Robin Chua (ST., April 28) regarding the eating stalls at "the carpark" at Orchard Road. I had similar appalling experiences when I brought some friends there for supper. We were rudely told by the owner of
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      275 11 The best bedroom bargain in Singapore 2 SINGLE BEDS O2 MATTRESSES 1 WARDROBE 1 DRESSING TABLE 1 DRESSING STOOL 1 BEDSIDE TABLE Total $419 only Come along to Diethelm Furniture Market and see bargains like this from May 6th to 16th. Everything you would want to furnish the bedroom and
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  • The Straits Times Thursday, May 6, 1971
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      CHINAtTHE PROBLEMS
      530 12 When consideration of British and French surrender of permanent membership of the U.N. Security Council begins, as apparently it has, the possibility looms of China's early admission to the United Nations. The pointer is important, but the problems raised are not any less obvious than the hopes which
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      DEVELOPMENT LOANS
      274 12 Bankers respond more readily to loan requests for projects which promise quick and assured returns than to socio-economic arguments for schemes which yield little by way of tangible results. Even aid agencies and banks committed to the development of poor countries are cautious. Inche Taib Mahmud, Malaysia's chief
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      STUDENTS ON THE GO
      172 12 Seventeen students from the University of Singapore's law faculty are pioneers in a programme which has significant potentialities. It is a joint venture between the Government and the University, its purpose to improve Singapore's legal education and services. With financial assistance from the Asia Foundation and
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    When veterans threw down their medals in anger
    1338 12 From THE ECONOMIST WASHINGTON WA S HINGTON has seen bigger and much less peaceable protest rallies than the mamoth picnic that took place in the spring sunshine on Capitol Hill on April 24. What probably worried President Nixon just as much as
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    Lock icon Right on target, that's Mr. U
    534 12  -  IRONKWE By pNUGU, (Nigeria). Amazingly accurate forecasts by an Ibo soothsayer have thrown football pools companies here into a turmoil as more and more people win big money prizes on the basis of his predictions. Some are now asking whether the soothsayer, 41--year-old school-teacher
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      STILL WAITING FOR RESULTS
      146 12 V EARLY FIVE months have passed since we sat for our MCE examination. Other schools In Malaysia got their results a month ago. What has happened to ours? We were told that the results were sent from London on Friday April 23. but we have just
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      Humiliated parents
      101 12 TWO MARKS for manners to those in charge of St. Andrew's Secondary School, Muar! I was told by my son that I had to go to the school to collect his repi rt card. Arriving there, on a hot afternoon, I was shocked to see a group of
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      66 12 Styltt cut to tha latast trend by our most axparianead craftsman slnca 1934. Suits complataly hand tallorad ttltchad rlsht to tha buttonholes ansurlns bast workmanship. Wa ara also Importars axportars of flnast Cants Uxtllas tharaby wa hava tha latast <■ wldast ranga of matarlals for salactlon. And for our customars
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      Lock icon Now it's Russia's turn to woo US
      481 13 MOSCOW, Wed. Top Soviet officials have told American diplomats here that they have received orders from the Kremlin to undertake serious efforts to achieve negotiated agreements with United States, sources said today. The Russian officials in recent days have said that they were
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      Lock icon LON NOL AT LAST FORMS A. NEW LOOK CABINET
      377 13 LON NOL AT LAST FORMS A. NEW LOOK CABINET UIINOM PENH, Wed. 1 Cambodia's 17-day long leadership crisis ended today with the formation ot a "new look" Government. Ailing Premier Lon Nol, who stepped down from power last month after recuperating from a stroke, has elected a 15Mi.m Cabinet in
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      Lock icon NOW LONE RANGER DRAGGED INTO COURT ROW OVER SWORDSMAN
      383 13 NOW LONE RANGER DRAGGED INTO COURT ROW OVER SWORDSMAN UONG KONG. Wed. The "Lone Ranger" was dragged into a legal dispute between two local film studios over a one-armed swordsman today. Shaw Brothers, suing for unspecified damages, claim that their top money-making character, the One-armed Swordsman, was lifted by Golden
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      Lock icon Treasure hunter tells of offer by Marcos
      145 13 MANILA, Wed. A iTI Filipino treasure hunter alleged at a Senate c o m m ittee hearing that President Marcos and his mother had offered to buy from him a gold statue of Buddha for three million pesos (£200.000 sterling). Mr. Rogello Rozas.
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      Lock icon Shoddy treatment angers Everest climbers
      145 13 Shoddy treatment angers Everest climbers KATMANDI. Wed. Three angry mountain climbers who quit the international expedition to Mount Everest last week arrived here today and complained they were badly treated by the croup's leaders. "We were very badly treated on Nepalese soil," said Mr. Pierre Mazeaud. a member of the
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      NEGROES FIGHT JEWS IN CAMPUS RIOT
      147 13 NEGROES FIGHT JEWS IN CAMPUS RIOT NEW YORK, Wed. About 1.000 Negro and Jewish students at Brooklyn College fought for two hours yesterday with fists, chairs, rocks, bottles and belt buckles. Police said the militant Jewish Defense League leader Meir Kahane was behind the battling. Two people were hospitalised—a 19-year-old
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      37 13 THE GAMBOLS By Barry Appleb; (l CANT /MAtfe UPyKvO /7'LL ID«C XXi IT-— /MWP UMETUER TOj~^ I HEADS I MA/E IT-v/ \JuYITOa.HOTjJ I POUT JT v s£ r~ T(uov/ about tue eecTTN (aT) \rwo our op vmfj
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      Lock icon New party boss to keep Ulbricht's tough line
      149 14 ■TAST GERMANY'S new 1 Communist Party leader Mr. Erich Honecker has Indicated in his first major pronouncement, published yesterday, that the country's tough line towards the West will continue. The 58-year-old Mr. Honecker yesterday replaced ageing communist leader Mr. Walter Ulbrlcht. who
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      Man with luck on his side
      44 14 LUCKY for tbis Air Force sergeant that the pistol aimed at his head by an imprisoned war demonstrator was a toy. The protester was one of several thousands locked up for attempting to disrupt Washington traffic.— UPl radiopicture.
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      Lock icon Ceylon leftist MP held in security sweep
      362 14 Ceylon leftist MP held in security sweep COLOMBO, Wednesday. LEFTIST MP and a journalist have been arrested by security forces under the Ceylon Government's emergency powers. The arrest of Mr. Vasudeva Nanayakkara, a parliamentary member of the Trotskylst Lanka Bama Samaja Party one of the three ruling coalition parties was
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      Lock icon Anti-war protests
      53 14 SYDNEY. Wed. striking ships stewards who voted yesterday to end their 21-day stoppage, which had crippled Australian coastal shipping, have put a black ban on the Vietnam supply ship Jeparit The ban on the Jeparit. which ferries troops and supplies between Australian and Vietnam, was imposed as an
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      Lock icon Ward to play Churchill
      45 14 LONDON. Wed. Simon Ward. 28. was named to play the young Winston Churchill in a movie based on the former Premier's life. The movie, to be called "Young Winston." will be produced by Carl Foreman and directed by Richard Attenborough AP.
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      Lock icon Drug probe
      33 14 SAIOON. Wed. Director of the U.S. Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Mr. John Ingersoll today began top level conferences on the growing drug abuse among Amtfirican servicemen in Vietnajn. UPI.
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      Lock icon Search on for air crash girl in jungle harem
      190 14 Search on for air crash girl in jungle harem MANILA, Wed. Police have been ordered to rescue a unversity girl student palled from a plane crash two years ago by a tribal chief who made her one of bis wives. The chief of the Philippine Constabulary. Brif Gen Eduardo Garcia,
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      Lock icon BBC man opts for jail
      38 14 BELFAST. Wed. A BBCT television reporters chose tail rather than name an Irish outlaw he interviewed. Bernard Falk. 28, dropped his appeal against a four-day Jail term Imposed by a magistrates' court. Reuter.
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      Lock icon Minister quits
      38 14 QUITO, Wed. Ecuadorean Cabinet Minister Mr. Galo Martinez resigned today after an order of President Velasco Ibarra closing down Quito's television channel 6 for transmitting a filmed interview with exiled Opposition leader Mr. Asaad Bucaram. UPI.
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      Lock icon End to cheating
      53 14 T ONDON, Wed. OpenA Ing rings on beer cans are to be made bigger to thwart British motorists who push the rings into parking meters. The Metal Box Company, which makes beer cans, has agreed to change the ring sizes at the request of the Government and
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      245 14 GREEN ON RIDDLE OF PEKING'S BASIC AIMS IN ASIA \yASHINGTON, Wed. Mr. Marshall Green the U.S. State Department chief expert on Last told a congressional committee yesterday that plte China's seemingly greater llexiblllty In international affairs. Pek.: presumably has not ab.t doned its basic olv of greater dominance over free
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      22 14 LONDON. Wed. Vauxhall Motors has agreed to pay their workers an extra 28 per cent, spread over two years. Reuter.
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      233 14 ENCYCLOPEDIA BARGAIN $20 exclusive offer for tei-^—^Zm^^i strflits rimes llp^jjl readers nil |2 4 "What is the word I want?" We alt know that everyday situation when we are lost for the right word or spelling. ij* i ust Isn't there) Or It won't come to mind. Here is I
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      Lock icon Restore civil rule call by Bhutto
      442 15 LAHORE, Wednesday. MR. BHUTTO, leader of the West Pakistan left-wing People's Party, has cautioned President Yahya Khan's military regime against '"inordinate delay" in transferring power to elected representatives of the people. At a Press conference here, Mr. Bhutto, a former Foreign Minister, said yesterday
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      WARSAW RIDDLE OVER MISSING POLITBURO MEMBER
      249 15 WARSAW RIDDLE OVER MISSING POLITBURO MEMBER WARSAW, Wed. The month-long absence from the public eye of a prominent Polish Politburo member has become a major political puzzle in Warsaw. Mr. Mleczyslaw Moczar, who Ls responsible for Internal security, ls reported to have suffered a heart attack and to have been
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      Anne to invite Elvis Presley to London
      169 15 Anne to invite Elvis Presley to London f ONDON. Wed. Princess Anne has told some of her friends she is considering asking Elvis Presley to give a charity fund-raising performance in London, Daily Express columnist William Hickey said today. Princess Anne, who was named president of the Save The Children
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      'Speed up relief call to Heath
      348 15 LONDON, Wed. PRIME MINISTER Mr. Heath came under intense pressure in Parliament yesterday to help speed up international relief efforts for the victims of the fighting in East Pakistan. He told MPs that British relief organisations hoped to get away in about two days,
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  • TIMES CITY DESK
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      CHIEF PRICE CHANGES
      76 16 RISES B. Lint. $2.20 +.10 Guinness $5.30 +.10 Raleich $1.44 +.09 N.B.T. $5.00 +.08 G. C'mics $1.06 +.07 Acma $1.52 +.07 C. Store $2.52 +.07 Talam. $1.20 +.05 Y.H. Seng $1.55 +.05 Borneo $2.25 +05 Gula Perak $0.96 +.03 Sg. Way $0.96 +.03 Fusan $1.11 +.03 FALLS
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      Straits Times Indices
      36 16 M»y 4 May S Industrial. IM.SI 150.87 HoteU: 64.60 6SJO Properties: 111.27 112.95 tTlns: 91.75 91. 7S tfrabben: 116.27 116.57 •Dee. SO. 1»66 100 Dk. SI, IMS IUO tDec. 28, IKS m 100
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      Market maintains its steady trend
      212 16 E.NERALLY steady condiditions prevailed on the Stock Exchange of Malaysia and Singapore yesterday. Fair interest continued to be shown in second line issues. Blue-chips were mostly traded higher as reflected in a further rise in the Straits limes' Industrial Ordinary share index to 150.87 at
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      CLOSING PRICES
      1115 16 810 AND OFFER PRICE! OFFICIALLY LISTED AT THE CLOSE OF BUSINESS IN TNE SINGAPORE AND KUALA LUMPUR TRADING ROOMS OF THE STOCK EXCHANGE WITH PRICE MOVEMENTS IN BRACKETS YESTERDAY WIRE: INDUSTRIALS CLOSING TONE: Industrials. tins firm, while the rest easier. Tl RNOVER: Official total turnover as supplied by
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      BUSINESS DONE
      1085 16 DUSINESS In and reported to the Singapore and Kui la Lumpur trading rooms of the Stock Exchange yesterday with the number of shares traded shown In brackets In lots of 1,000 unless otherwise specified. INDUSTRIALS Acma (1) $1.52 cd. Alcan (1) $1.51. (3) $1.52. (2) $1.53. (2) $1.54.
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      Another setback for Veneer
      324 16 pROFITS at Veneer Products have fallen for the second year running and the dividend is to be halved to 10 per cent for the year to February. A tax-free interim payment of 5 per cent against 10 per cent last time has been declared. In a
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      Exchange rates
      152 16 THE Association of Banks In Malaysia-Singapore announced these 1 best agreed merchant rates as at May 5. Local dollars to one unit SELLING BUYING of Foreign Currency TT or OD TT OD Sterling Pound 7.4040 7.3715 7.3600 Australian Dollar 3.4625 3.4200 3.4000 New Zealand Dollar 3.4725 3.4225 3.3925
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        Big jump by tin
        180 16 THE Straits tin price in Penang yesterday jumped $10.12* to $653.12* per picul on an official offering down 40 tons to 211 tons. The local rise far exceeded the overnight London metal price which gained £3 to £1,471 per metric ton. The strong upsurge was attributed
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        WORLD GOLD PRICES
        60 16 T»iitmy Meaday SCS SIS London 39. S3 88.43 Beirut 38.95 38.75 Hongkong 40.46 40.67 Zurich 39. «5 B 3S.SB B 39. 50 8 39.50 8 Paris 38.02 38.07 Spore (1) 40.08 41.00 S B-pora (2) unch. 184.00 (1) Export price la non-sterling areas in U.S. dollars per
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        GAZETTED PRICES
        73 16 THE Malaysian Minister 1 of Finance has fixed these rates for calculating Customs duties for the period from May to May 12: Rubber Mtt cento a Copra $540.00 a ton Fatal Oil $727.25 ton Palm Kernel $387.75 a ton The rates 0/ duties parable are: Rubber S cents
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        CLOSING PRICES
        25 16 May 5 RUBBER: 116.75 cents per kilo (up 2.50 cents). TIN: $653.12 Vi (up $10.12V4 cts). Offlcical offering 211 tons (down 40 tons).
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        PRODUCE
        107 16 CHINESE PRODUCE EXCHANCE, SINGAPORE NOON CLOSING PRICE! PER PICUL YESTERDAY. CMonut Oil: bulk $55 sellers, drum $57| tellers. Cepra: Mixed (f.o.h loose May/ June UK/Cont. $33 B Pis»)tr: Muntok AST A white f.o.b. 100% NLW $1721 sellers. Sarawak white f.o.b. 9»", NLW $162t sellers. Sarawak special black f.ob. »6<-
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        PALM OIL
        34 16 In London on Tuesday the price of Malayan S per cent CIF UK/N. European ports In bulk, starling per lons too May /June was quote. 1 at UKillO or Coot. $266 sellers.
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        RUBBER MOVES UP
        478 16 AFTER opening 0.50 cent higher on Improved overseas advices, conditions In the rubber market yesterday ruled quietly steady. Just before noon, some trade demand for near forwards, together with coverIng orders for RSS One May and June, was met by a reserve of sellers. This resulted in
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      BID BATTLE FOR BUKIT PANJONG IS ON AGAIN
      233 16 BID BATTLE FOR BUKIT PANJONG IS ON AGAIN rE bid battle for Bukit Panjong Is on again. This time the new suitor Is Kuala Lumpur-Kepong Amalgamated which has made an Improved offer for Panjonr's entire chare capital. KL-Kepong will bid 2SP or 5s for Panjonr's 2s shares compared with the
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      41 16 IIOLYROOD Rubber Is paying a same again final dividend of 22J per cent for 1970. making a total of 27J per cent, against 30 per cent previously. ACMA Electrical Industries will pay a 10 per cent tax-free maiden dividend for 1970.
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      U. Plantations makes bigger profits
      359 16 THE strong position of the edible oils and fats markets throughout 1970 helped to bolster United Plantations' pre-tax profits from $5,223,001 to $9,339,--715, up 79 per cent. Chairman W.O. Grut tells shareholders in his annual report that although the working profit made was highest in
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        Melbourne
        297 16 TV/fELBOURNE, Wed. Ml- nlng shares ■;losed on a weaker note on the Melbourne Stock Exchange f.day. although some selected Issues lifted slightly as bargain hunters entered the market. On the other hand. Industrials remained firm with the banks and sugars in the lead. The Wales gained 14 cents to
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        Australian funds
        21 16 (As at May 4) Fund of Aust. sterling AJ4.76 (As at April 30) Real Estate Fund of Aust. AJ6.97
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        Indices
        67 16 FINANCIAL TIMES TIN Tuesday 70.59 Monday 69.73 Week ago 67.83 RUBBERS Tuesday 176.56 Monday 175.55 Week ago 175.10 OILS Tuesday 319.98 Monday 317.57 Week ago 293.83 INDUSTRIALS Tuesday 387.4 Monday 382.6 Week ago 369.1 DOW JONES AVERAGE INDUSTRIALS Tuesday 938.45 Monday 932.41 Week ago 947.09 LONDON DOLLAR PREMIUM Tuesday
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        New York
        255 16 "MEW YORK, Tues.— A minor x wave of afternoon proflttaklriß failed to erase the market's earlier gains and market averages finished moderately higher. Oalners led declines by a margin of about 873 to 526 at the bell. Near the close, the New York Btock Exchange composite Index added
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        Asian Dollar
        50 16 rnHE following Asian Dollar rates were quoted yesterday by Bank of America. The rates are for deposits of U5525,000 and above: One month 5 13/16p c Two months 6 1/8 p.c. Three months 6 3/16p.c Six months 6 3/4 p.c. Nine months 6 13/16p.c. Twelvemonths 6 7/8 p.c.
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        Hong Kong
        215 16 TJONO KONO, Wed The xx market opened slowly and prices eased fractionally in some stocks. During the afternoon, a firmer note was detected but It was not until half an hour before the close that a spurt was put on and the market strengthened considerably. The market closed
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        Hong Kong rates
        36 16 Ob tht rrM uehanc« raarkat la Hobs Kooi ycattnUy th« U.I dollar quoted at 6.0217S for TT and 0150 for cam. Burling wa* quoted at 14.48 and on* tacl of (old at 298.26.
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    450 17 Save water call by PUB chief 'Public not doing part to cut consumption" SINGAPORE, Wednesday rpilh pobhc has not responded to the Public Utilities Board's call to conserve water. Instead, due to the unusually dry weather, they have been consuming more water than normally they bathe more often, water their
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    When a wife has no right to claim
    173 17 CINGAPORE, Wed. A woman's character is important in determining whether maintenance should be given, counsel Lee Kirn Siang told a court today. He said this In submission at a hearing in which dressmaking Instructress Tan Huy Klan was claimIng maintenance from her
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    Another nine DAP branches registered
    95 17 Another nine DAP branches registered KUALA LUMPUR, Wed The Democratic Action Party announced here today that another nine branches had been registered last month bringing the total number of branches to 87. Of the new branches registered four are in Johore. four in Perak and one in Penang. Perak has
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    Charged with confining PCs
    49 17 SINGAPORE, Wed. A lalkong today denied "confining" two marine police officers on board his fishing boat early this morning. The charge alleged Teh Ah Kow, 21. detained constables Chow Kin Loo and Adam bin Solman at the sea in the Outer Roads. Ball was allowed.
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    LIONS BOOST S'PORE AS 'CONVENTION CITY'
    121 17 (SINGAPORE, Wed— Singapore's efforts to build up an image as the Convention City of the East will ret a boost when the biggest-ever convention of Lions Clubs is held here in October. Clubs from 13 countries are expected to take part, including South Korea,
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    Another round of talks
    50 17 SINOAPORE. Wed. The eight visiting senior officers from the Malaysian Armed Forces today held another round of talks with staff members of the Singapore Armed Forces Command and Staff College. It la believed that the Malaysian army plans to have a similar college for their soldiers.
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    It's shark talk when speaker fails to show up
    186 17 It's shark talk when speaker fails to show up SINGAPORE, Wed. Sharks were not on the menu at today's Rotary Club of Singapore lunch at the Adelphl Hotel. But when the guest speaker did not turn up. member Mr. Milton Tan stepped in to talk on sharks and how to
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    AEB motor tune-up course
    94 17 AEB motor tune-up course SINGAPORE, Wed. The Adult Education Board will conduct a five-week English course on automatlve tune-up at the Kirn Keat Centre motor workshop from May 23. It Is designed to provide knowledge in the practical aspects of servicing and turning motor cars. Only those who have completed
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      910 17 On your TV and Radio E&M PeninE ln<l GenerB 1M lnterMtiOnil Tlr *°V™™ Summary 7.11 Marcus Welby M.D. 3.21 Another Song Another Melo- Ofl Ganda Wang Anda l1 Programme Summary n Si «p s 'i ,:s ft l. s tor on a guvs ksj srvrr: i.s Sv- 8 !:S c
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      141 18 Bracing up to fashion COR those of you who want to be port of the IN -scene this year with trousers, dig up what grandfather used to wear. Remember how he used to hold up his pants with those shoulder braces? Yes, they or* just the thing that is making
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      696 18 WHEN the time comes for you to sell your house, can you guarantee that you'll get the best possible price for the property? According to estate agents, you can only hope to make a good profit by the improvements you've
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      Cooking wheat with a local flavour at US food exhibition
      537 18 Cooking wheat with a local flavour at US food exhibition A local flavour will -"be given to the U.S. Food Trade exhibition starting today at the Singapore Conference Hall when local cookery expert Miss Chan Sow Lin shows her culinary skill with bulgur wheat. Miss Chan is having demonstrations at
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    WOMAN— WHO MISTOOK POISON FOR COFFEE
    178 19 WOMAN— WHO MISTOOK POISON FOR COFFEE SINGAPORE, Wed. A former bar-girl who mistook a red-dish-brown coloured solution of insecticide for coffee, drank it and died four days later from poisoning. Describing the "tragic tale" to a coroner today, medicine seller Ng Eng How. 36. said he failed to snatch the
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    MAN PROMISED A BRIDE FOR $370, COURT TOLD
    85 19 MAN PROMISED A BRIDE FOR $370, COURT TOLD CINGAroRE, Wed. A 50-year-old man gave away $370 in cash and valuables when he was promised a bride in return, a court heard today. But he never saw his bride. Ho Kek Yong, 29, admitted cheating Liew Vow Sen in Jaian Besar
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    Protest strike by 80 workers
    127 19 SINGAPORE, Wed. About 80 workers at Evatt and Co., the accountants firm, staged a two-hour protest strike In their office today over the retrenchment of their branch chairman. The strike. which started at 8.45 a.m.. ended when branch secretary of the Singapore Mannual and Mercantile
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    Banished man: I came back legally
    381 19 Banished man: I came back legally PENANG, Wednesday MAX who was banished for life from Singapore .'JO years ago claimed in the Sessions Court today that his banishment had been cancelled by a certificate of admission issued to him on Oct. 25, 1948. Chong Yew Lok, 59, a sawmill foreman,
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    Two S'poreans in Michigan varsity choir
    72 19 SINGAPORE. Wed. Two Singaporeans, Daniel Tan Jr. and Edwin Sormln, are basses In the 22-mem-ber University Singers Choir of Andrews University in Michigan. Daniel, a senior pre-dentlstry student, is the son of Mr. Daniel Tan St., president of the South-east Asia Union College here,
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    Satguru due tomorrow
    36 19 SINGAPORE, Wed. The head of India's Nlranka.-l Mission, Satguru Baba Ourbachansingh Jl Maharaj. will arrive here. During his two-day stay here, he will be giving spiritual lectures at Slndhu House, 796 Mountbatten Road.
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    A Yusof Ishak Fund to raise money for charity
    326 19 A Yusof Ishak Fund to raise money for charity CINGAPORE, Wed. A central welfare fund to be called the Yusof Ishak Fund In honour and memory of the late President will be set up soon to make charities a systematic business. Its aim will also be to-CO-ORDINATE the work of
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    Watches for 25 years' service
    57 19 SINGAPORE. Wed. Three employees of Diethelm and Co. Ltd., received gold watches from the firm's general manager, Mr. J.A. Schmid yesterday to mark the completion of 25 years of service. They are Mr. Hew Ah Mook. manager of Kimberley-Clark products; Mr. C.S. Chong. personnel officer
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    RMNVR seeks recruits
    56 19 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. The Royal Malaysian Naval Volunteer Reserve needs recruits for several branches at Its KD Sri Medlni base In Johore Bahru. Malaysians between the ages of 18 and 30 and living not more than 20 miles from Johore Bahru are invited to Join the seaman.,
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    NEPALESE ROYALTY TO VISIT SINGAPORE
    92 19 SINGAPORE. Wed. King Mahendra and Queen Ratna of Nepal will arrive in Singapore from Bali on Saturday for a five-day visit. The King and Queen, who are completing four-week tour of Australia. New Zealand and South-east Asia, are malting an un- official visit to the
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    S'pore can be gems centre: Envoy
    321 20 S'pore can be gems centre: Envoy SINGAPORE, Wad. DELHI I'M can help Singapore to become a diamond centre for the regi o n, the Belgian Commercial Attache, Mr. Paul Vandcrdonckt, said todaj "There is no reason why Singapore, which has become a centre for finance, gold. Asian dollars, shipbuilding and
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    Envelope man here
    43 20 SINGAPORE, Wed. Mr. John Besley, marketing and project executive of Besley and Pike envelope manufacturers of Australia U now In Singapore for discussions with heads of the local company. He Is accompanied by the firm's advertising manager Mr. Peter Cossey.
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    Fined $120
    31 20 SINGAFOHE. Wed. Lonydrlver Lav Glm Thye was (lned $120 today for overloading his lorry with 7 tons 1 cwt. of ctmtnt at New Bridge Road on May 12 1967.
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    'Friend told me it was easy way to make money'
    92 20 'Friend told me it was easy way to make money' SINGAPORE, Wed. A youth told a district court today he stole jewellery worth $900 because his friend said It was "an easy way to get money." Chandran Baskaran, 19, admitted stealing the Jewellery from Alagan Samban Marlmuthu in his flat
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    Capt. Goh is first local "Port Master
    121 20 Capt. Goh is first local "Port Master CINGAPORE, Wed. Captain Goh Choo Keng is the new Port Master the first local man to hold this post. For Capt. Goh, 32, this appointment Is his second "first." Early last year, he became the first Singaporean to head the Marine Department. He
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    Court told of mother who got on better with daughter-in-law than son
    165 20 SINGAPORE, Wed A WOMAN, suing her husband for divorce in the High Court, today told a different story of mother-in-law troubles. Her husband, she said, left her after he had a quarrel with his mother her mother-in-law. Mrs.
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    ONLY 150 BACK IN SCHOOL
    69 20 KOTA BHARU, Wed. Another 50 students have reported to the Jalan Merbau Muhammadic Arabic School here today, bringing the total attendance to 150. The remaining of the €70 anti-school fees students who staged a protest since April 18 continued to stay away. The principal, Inche
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    Friendship in the clouds isn't easy to keep for Christine
    418 20  - Friendship in the clouds isn't easy to keep for Christine BAILYNE SUNG: By Singapore, Wed ITS all quite ironical, really being an air hostess. Well, for tall, blonde Christine Van Der Zee, at least. For air-girl Christine, 22, thinks that though her Job sends her up In the clouds, her
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    Hysteria hits school: 16 pupils in hospital
    235 21 Hysteria hits school: 16 pupils in hospital iPOH, Wednesday Sixteen pupils of the Sekolah Raja Perempuan Taayah, a girls' residential religious school here, were admitted to the General Hospital this morning following outbreaks of mass hysteria last night. Five other pupils were treated as outpatients. Some of the affected girls
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    Short circuit fire
    43 21 SINGAPORE. Wed. A fire caused by short circuit slightly damaged the front portion of the Cheong printing press in Havelock Road tonight. The shop is empty as the owners have moved away under the urban renewal programme (or the area.
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    PROPHET'S BUSARIES FOR 3 NONMUSLIMS
    95 21 PROPHET'S BUSARIES FOR 3 NONMUSLIMS SINGAPORE. Wed. Three non-Muslim students are among 129 students to be awarded study bursaries by the Prophet Mohammad's Birthday Memorial Scholar Fund Board this month. The names of the students one from a university, one from Higher School Certificate class and one from secondary level
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    Traffic fine
    34 21 SINGAPORE. Wed. LieutCommander J.S. Kelly was fined $75 today for having failed to give way and colliding into a motorcycle when he drove his Land Rcver along Kangaw Road on Jan. 7.
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    Rural youth course
    48 21 SINGAPORE. Wed.— lnche Mohamed Laily bin Masta. an assistant camp commandant of the People's Association's Leaders' Training Camp, is among youth leaders from 13 Afro-Asian and Pacific countries now In Australia «n a three-month international training course on establishment and management of rural youth programme.
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    Meeting of rubber producers on freight rates
    92 21 Meeting of rubber producers on freight rates SINGAPORE. Wed. The shipping sub-committee of the Association of Natural Rubber Producing Countries is to hold a two-day meeting here on May 17 to discuss rising freight rates. More than 25 delegates from Malaysia. Indonesia. Thailand, Ceylon. South Vietnam and Singapore are expected
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    3-day prayers
    24 21 SINGAPORE. Wed. Muslims in Singapore will begin a thrte-day celebration of Prophet Mohamed's birthday with prayers, lectures and charitable work, starting tomorrow.
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    Lock icon Ex-labourer gets back $30,000 damages
    281 21 Ex-labourer gets back $30,000 damages LONDON, Wednesday F[E Privy Council yesterday restored damages of $30,000 awarded three years ago to a traffic accident victim but which were later rescinded by the Federal Court of Malaysia. Former labourer Ramoo s/o Erulapan, 46, had been Injured while a passenger of a taxi
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    Officer denies raid inquiry pending
    500 21  - Officer denies raid inquiry pending CHRISTINA CHEANG: Christmas Day gunfight drama in a car By Singapore, Wed J^ DETECTIVE inspector, who raided a finance company on Christmas Day last year and was later wounded in a gun fight, today denied any knowledge of a disciplinary inquiry pending against him. Under
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    Folk music session at Library
    76 21 Folk music session at Library SINGAPORE, Wed. The Young People's Service of the National Library will hold a folk music session for local enthusiasts at the library's staff training room on Friday at 3 p.m. Miss Sandra Krempl, chairman of the Chinese YMCA Folk Club, will give an Introductory talk
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    Comfort for cash at Middleton hospital soon
    284 21 Comfort for cash at Middleton hospital soon SINGAPORE, Wed. Middleton Hospital, a free hospital for people rich or poor suffering from contagious diseases, is to offer first class air-conditioned comfort to paying patients in a few months time. The Government, as part of its hospital modernisation programme, is building a
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    Judge calls for reports on youth
    82 21 Judge calls for reports on youth SINGAPORE, Wed.—Probation and Reformative Training Centre reports ware today called on a teenaged trisha-rlder who admitted stealing a total of $1,500 from two houses. Syed Azmi bin Syed Hashim. 17. and an unknown person, a court was told, stole $1,200 from Mr. Quek Tong
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    Flats fall suicide
    69 21 SINGAPORE. Wed. The state coroner Mr. Ngik Kee, today recorded a verdict of suicide on Lee Ah Yee, 73, who was found dead at the foot of a block of flats in Commonwealth Drive on April 19. She had Jumped from the seventh floor where she was
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    Long service certificates
    64 21 SINGAPORE. Wed. Four staff members of Shankat Harper Gifillan Berhad. each with at least 25 years' service In the company, will be awarded long service certificates and gold watches by Its chairman Mr. DM Brown at a dinner at the Golden Lotus, Hotel Malaysia on May 10.
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    LIP SENG GETS EUROPE'S TOP PHOTO AWARD
    204 21 SINGAPORE, Wed. |7*OR the first time a BinV gaporean, Mr. Tan Lip Seng, 29, nas won the FIAP gold medal, awarded by Europe's leading photographic society Federation of International Photographic Art In Berne, Switzerland. He won It for the best colour print of
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    150 22 rAMILY OF THE late Wong FOBS Chin of 681 Bembawang Road thanks all relative* friends neighbour* and members of the BAF Maritime Command for their kind assistance attendance wreaths etc during their recent bereavement THE FAMILY OF late Mr. Hu Cbee Mlnr express their grateful thanks to all who
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    50 22 LOUISE KLERK'S SALONS In Hotel Simapura for your latest hairstyles, expert perming and gorgeous tinting. Very moderate prices Appointments: telephone *****3 cS i>orei BENJAMIN'S BOUTIQUE SALES at half price on dresses, shoes, bandbags, swlmsults. bikinis Jewellery, etc. Bikini 59.90/- shoes 59.90/--handbags (14 90/- 21-1, Amber Arcade. Orchard Road Spore.
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    123 22 H0 KIM SENG, 89. passed away peacefully. 5-5-71 at IS. Maria Avenue, leaving son*. Tblam Cbuan, Teonh Thlam Siew. Thlam Swee. daughters Lilian. Mlgnon. 2 sons-ln-iaw. 3 daughters-in-law, foster son Charlie Yeo. 1 loater daughter-in-law, eldest grand-daughter Mr*. Betty Liu. 21 grand-children. 2 grand sons-in-law A 1 great-grand-*on. Cortege
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    50 22 THE CORTEGE of the late Mr. Kuek Seah Eng will leave 23 Jalan Llmau Ball at 2.30 p.m. for Mt. Vernon Crematorium. Entrance to residence (from Bedok side) via Jalan Langgar Bedok (9t mis.) than Jalan Llmau Manls. or (from Changi side) directly from Tanah Merab Kechll (8t nils.).
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      1019 22 MBRRVN ROAO OBTAOHBD bungalow. I bedrooms alrcondltlooed and servant's amenities Tel. Deland Co. Spore *****4/*****9. ATTRACTIVE FLAT at No. 11Q. sth floor. Orchid m«~u»» Singapore. 2 bedrooms fully furnished. Rant $*****. Tel. *****. OORNBR TBRRACB HOUSB at Hlllvlew Estate. Jalan Oumllang. Rental $480/- Fully furnlabsd. Pleas* contact B'por* *****4. UNFURNISHED
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      885 22 BEGINNERS HIGHER XCCOUNTINC. Costing. Book-keeping. Commercial Law. Typewriting Academy of Accountancy. 300, CWmenetau Avenue. Singapore *****. SBCRBTARIAL COURSE FOR CIRLS. Six months rapid course: Starting May. Register early. Raja's College. Raffles Place. (***** *****0). Ra)a s. 218 D Changi Road (*****8). Full-tlm* (day) and part-time (ev»nlag) Professional Accountancy and Management
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    313 25 THE PORT OF SINCAPORE AUTMO 1 RITV ANNOUNCED THI FOLLOWING BERTHINC ARRANGEMENT* FOR MAY S. OUT: Molochanak 3/4. Yuen Caau «/7. Koiuhtn Maru 10/11. Rantau 15/16. Oyama Maru 19. Kyoun Maru S3, Melbourne Maru 24/2;.. Kalryu Maru 28. Bachlkawa Maru 29/30. Barca 5 (Barge) 31/32. Hondo 45.
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      312 25 TOWN BOARDS ENACTMENT (No. lit) NOTICE UNDER SECTION 137 J.G.N. ttt/M Notice U hereby given that applications have been received for the following amendments to be made to an Approved Plan No. J4/3260/1 wMch Is permanently exhibited for public Inspection at the Office of Town Council. Bandar Penggaram, Batu Pahat
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      325 25 TAWARAN PAJAK TANAH Jabatan Zakat. Kedah, ada mempunyml 9 lot Tanah yang terkandong dl-dalaun Surata Putus No J494. 5496. 5496. 5497. 5498. 5499. 5600. 5501. 5502— d1-dalam Muklm Sungal Paslr. Jajahan Kuala MUda luas-nya 14.688 kakl persegi bagl semua lot. dl-tept Jalan raya Sungal PaUnl/ Butterworth dan Jabatan Zakat. Kedmh.
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      291 25 NATIONAL ELECTRICITY BOARD li Lists ot unclaimed security deposits (or electricity supply to I premises vacated since Ist September 1969 to list August 19TD .j will be on display or available at the following offices of the National Electricity Board until 31st August 1971. Alor Star (Including Kepala Kuala Llpls
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      658 26 NEW FACTORIES/GODOWNS TO LET WITH FACILITIES FOR STORAOEB, HEAVY Ij J9 H TINDUSTRIEH (TEXTILES. WIGS. PLASTICS. CHEMICAL*. DYEING, PRrNTINO. ASSEMBLY PLANTS) AREA: BLOCK A BLOCK B f£°F* S GROUND FLOOR: 12.670 sq ft 9.730.5q.ft. 7.920 sq.lt. FIRBT FIjOOR: 12.670.5q ft. 9.730^q.ft. IPCATION: SEOAMBUT AND KUCHDJO ROAD JUNCTION OF FEDERAL HIOHWAY.
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      822 26 PUBLIC UTILITIES BOARD, SINGAPORE TENDERS WATER DEPARTMENT: (3rd Floor, City Hall) (1) Laving welding of 30" steel water main along Queensway from Queens Circus to Rumah Bombs Cirrus. Tender Deposit $500/ Close at 2.15 p.m. on 7.6.71. FINANCE DEPARTMENT: (E.D.P. Dlv., Room 116, Ist Floor, City Hall) (2) Supply of
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      467 26 TOWN BOARDS ENACTMENT (NO. Ill) NOTICE UNDER SECTION IS7 No Notice Is hereby given under Section 137 of the Town Boards Enactment, that Layout Plan No. J3/3814/2 superseding the approved Layout Plan No. J3/3225 has been prepared and is open to public Inspection on any working day during office hours
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      643 26 LEMBAGA KEMAJUAN TANAH NEGERI SABAH (SABAH LAND DEVELOPMENT BOARO) VACANCIES FOR ELECTRICAL CHARGEMAN The Board Invites applications from suitably qualified Malaysian citizens for the posts) of Electrical Chanteman in the Board's Oil Palm Processing Mill at Apas-Balung, Tawau, Sabah. QUALIFICATIONS: Only candidates having the following minimum qualifications will be considered
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      Two mistakes by goalie Lee send holders MSA packing
      344 27  - Two mistakes by goalie Lee send holders MSA packing JOE DORAI By rpWO mistakes by goal- keeper Lee ChewSeng sent defending champions MSA packing from the Business Houses Senior knockout soccer competition at Jalan Besar yesterday. Lee conceded a goal in rach half, giving Singapore Pools a 2-1 win after
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      At Siglap
      20 27 Chal Chee Secondary's annual athletics meet will be held at Siglap School ground on Saturday at 2.30 p.m.
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      St. Pat's meet
      17 27 St. Patrick's School will hold their annual athletic meet at East Coast Road tomorrow.
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      3-month stint for Malaysia's athletes
      173 27 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Malaysia's athletes will undergo three months centralised training under American coach Bob Schul in preparation for the December Seap Games here. And the Minister of Culture. Youth and Sport, Da to Hamzah Abu Sam.ih, will study the possibility of obtaining afternoons off
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      SALOMAN WINS THE VERDICT
      53 27 CALOMAN ISMANDO of Kuching Prisons Sports Club, picked "Mr. Sarawak, 1971" in the contest organised by the First Division Bodybuilding and Weightlifting Association in Kuching. Saloman won the title from six other bodybuilders. He was also Mr. Asia, 1969, and won the Pesta Sukan title in
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      Wrestling, from community centre level
      259 27  -  G. ROBERT By iT»HE Singapore Amateur Wrestling Association will for the first time conduct an eight-week coaching course at the Peoples' Association from May 17 to July 7. SAWA vice- president Edwin Thompson, in announcing this, said: "We feel the need for more qualified coaches
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      SICC results
      45 27 Results vi the bICC women's championship quarter-finals at Buklt Course: A.M. Gilson bt E. Harper 5 and 4, H.M. Harvey bt E. Newman 8 and 7, Kee Bee Khin bt E.C. Ngui 4 and 3, P. Stewart bt N. Clayton 5 and 3.
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      Cycling meet
      20 27 The Singapore Amateur Cycling Association will hold a track competition at Farrer Park on Sunday at 8 a.m.
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      THERE ARE SOME THINGS THE FAS COULD DO
      226 27 THERE ARE SOME THINGS THE FAS COULD DO THE Football Association of Singapore or the Football Annihilation Society? Thanks for the lights, which is about all the appreciation the association deserve. I think it is about time they stopped yapping and got going The FAS have been talking about drawing
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      I want a crack at 'The Thing' Hartono
      378 28  -  (ViAURICE KHOO By LMAIA LUMPUR, Wed. Rudy Hartono, four times All-England champion and rated the world champion, said here today he was looking forward to having a crack at China's wonder badminton star Tang Hsian Hu, formerly known as Tr.j**, HUn Hii'W.
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      CERTAINLY ON, THE PACIFIC CIRCUIT
      116 28 CERTAINLY ON, THE PACIFIC CIRCUIT TH E proposed Pacific motor racing championship will definitely start in 1973, according to Donald Thomson. Mr. Thomson, who stopped over in Singapore yesterday after attending the International Automobile Federation meeting in The Hague last week, said: "After discussing with various countries and the FIA.
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      For women
      19 28 The Singapore Table Tennis Association national Junior women's team championship will begin on Sunday at Wlnstedt Road.
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      Tanglin's day
      19 28 Tanglln Technical will hold their seventh athletics meet at the Queenstown athletics centre tomorrow at 2.15 p.m.
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      Raffles keep it up with huge victories
      220 28 RAFFLES, the top rugby school last year, began their new season with a double with both their teams entering the quarterfinals of the school's seven-a-slde 'A' division tournament at the People's Association yesterday. Winners of the grand slam last year the seven-a-slde. national
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      Russia still on top
      43 28 TOKYO, Wed. Russia continues to dominate the GrecoRoman event In the second Junior world amateur wrestling championships here today. At the end of the second and third rounds, Rusrta were leading In five of the 10 classes in competition.
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      Three events, two records and the A division title for Kumaran
      525 28  -  PETER SIOW By y. KUMARAN was unT challenged In the middle and distance events when he won the 800 m, 1,500 m and 3,000 m In the Monk's Hill Secondary meet at Winstedt Road yesterday. Kumaran, who was second
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      Blow for IA's hopes of keeping title
      560 28  - Blow for IA's hopes of keeping title ERNEST FRIDA By But they have one game in hand INDIAN Association's bid to keep their Div. 1 League hockey championship received a blow yesterday when they dropped a point to Ceylon S.C. in a 1-1 draw at Ba estier Road. lA, who
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      Shipyard get a promise
      208 28 CEMBAWANG Shipyard beat Police 'B 1-0 in a Div. 2 League hockey match at Thomson Road yesterday and promptly received an assurance from the Singapore H.A. that they will be promoted to Div. 1 if they keep their unbeaten record. Police top contenders for the Div.
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      Three local pairs for Penang Rally
      130 28 Three local pairs for Penang Rally TH E Singapore Motor Sports Club will enter three pairs, including South Malaysian Rally winner Dickie Arblaster, for the 500-mlle Butterworth Rally In Penang this weekend. The three will be driving a Volkswagen Special, an Austin 1300 and a Saab who took the first
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      61 28 SEOUL. Wed. Indonesia tonight edged Talwrn 2-1 and Thailand beat Cambodia 4-3 in the President's Cup soccer tournament here. Indonesia secured a berth In the semi-finals with the victory. For Thailand. It was their first win against one loss. Taiwan and Cambodia were virtually eliminated after their
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      Midsun, Twin Happiness show good form
      284 29  - Midsun, Twin Happiness show good form EPSOM JEEP By MIDSUN and Twin Happiness showed good form k in workouts at Bukit Timah yesterday morning. Midsun, Peter Moran up, strode out fluently over 3f in 38 3 5, accompanied by Sokitomi. Twin Happiness, ridden by Augustine Ham, did 3f in 38
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      US baseball
      72 29 NEW YORK. Wed. U.S. baseball results: American League Boston 4 Chicago 3; Minnesota 6 New York 5 UOinnsi Milwaukee 2 Washing- n 0: Baltimore 4 California 1; Kansas City 2 Cleveland 0; Detroit 6 Oakland 5. National League New York 2 Chicago 1: Pittsburgh 10 san Francisco 2;
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      Lock icon Footbrawl in youth final
      357 29 TOKYO, Wed. ISRAEL won the Asian Youth soccer champion- ship with a 1-0 win over South Korea here today in a final that erupted into a brawl in the dying moments. Officials and players from i both sides were kicked and punched In a scuffle that
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      Tourists win
      21 29 HONG KONG. Wed. The world touring San Fernando Club hockey team of Buenos Aires defeated Hong Kong 1-0 yesterday.
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      Lock icon PRESTON THE CHAMPS IN DIV 3
      187 29 PRESTON THE CHAMPS IN DIV 3 LONDON, Wed— Preston overtook Fulham to finish Third Division champions when they defeated Roiherham 3-0 *n last night's English League football programme. A 2-1 defeat by Aston Villa doomed Reading to relegation to the Fourth Division for the first time in their 100 years'
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      Lock icon Toughest hurdle for the mildmannered Mee
      339 29 JON'DON, Wed.—Man- ager Bertie Mcc, already successful in his task of rebuilding Arsenal to their former greatness of more than 30 years ago, on Saturday faces the stiffest hurdle English soccer can provide. While Arsenal, crowned earlier this week as English League champions, will
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      Sue shocks
      46 29 LONDON. Wed. Susan Mlnlord. 17-year-old doctor's daughter from Northern Ireland scored a shock win yesterday when she beat the United States Junior champion Sharon Walsh In the Surrey hard court tennis championships at Oulldford She won 6-1. 1-6, 6-3 to enter the third round.
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      Knockout
      51 29 MELBOURNE. Wed. Former World bantamweight champion Lionel Rose, knocked out Filipino Tanny Cuaresma. in the first minute ot their scheduled ten-round bout here last night. The bout was to be a warmup for Rose, who Is expected to fight world junior lightweight champion Yoshlakl Numata in Japan on June
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      Big offer for Clay
      123 29 lIOSTON. Wed. Promoter Sam Silverman said here he had offered Cassius Clay US $l-million or 35 per cent of the gate and ancillary rights to fight George Foreman here In September. Foreman. 22. was the 1968 Olympic Games heavyweight champion. Unbeaten In 24 professional fights, he
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      Pakistanis draw opening match after brave chase for runs
      516 29 LONDON. Wed— The Pakistan cricketers drew the opening match of their England tour against Worcestershire yesterdy, after making a brave attempt to score 316 In 266 minutes for victory. Opening baU>man Aftab Qul (80) and vice-captain Iqbal (63 not out) set
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      Lock icon Pat Chan, Chin Joo give the US tough opposition
      302 29 XEL AVIV, Wed. Singapore swim girls Patricia A Chan and Tay Chin Joo put up strong opposition against the all-conquering Americans in the Hapoel Games here. Pat gained two silver medals and a bronze while Chin Joo took two slivers. Pat
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      124 29 COOPER SETS AUSSIE MARK DARIS, Wed. Australia's crack swimming team dominated a friendly match with France at Marseilles last night but set up only one new record —an Australian best for the men's 100 metres backstroke. Brad Cooper set up the hew time of 1:1.22. finishing a clear 1 34
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      Kiwis win
      50 29 KINGSTON. Wed. New Zeaiana won their Davis Cup American zone tie against the Commonwealth Caribbean at Kingston yesterday by taking the two remaining singles to score a 4-1 victory. New Zealand's Jeffrey Simpson beat Leo Rolle 7-5. 6-3. 5-0 and Onny Parun defeated Richa/d Russel 7-5. 6-2. 6-2.
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      176 29 Aussies want Newcombe for Cup bid VfELBOURNE, Wed. iTI Wimbledon tennis champion John Newcombe will be offered a lucrative contract to help Australia win back the Davis Cup. Jack Heathcote, president of the Australian Davis Cup Foundation, said here: "The aim of the foundation is to finance a plan to
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      Davidson beaten
      76 29 ROME, Wed. Boro Jovanovlc. 32. of Yugoslavia who was a last-minute replacement in the Italian tennis championships here when Australian Ken Rosewall withdrew li.Jured scored a good win over Rosewall's compatriot Owen Davidson yesterday. Jovanovic won their first round match 6-4. 5-7, 6-1 while another Yugoslav player, Nlkkl
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      496 27 ELECTRICAL TECHNICIANS Shell invite applications from Electrical Technicians for several vacancies in their refinery and installation on Pulau Bukom. Candidates should be citizens of Singapore and possess either or both of the fol lowing (1) Technician Diploma in Electrical Engineering from the Singapore Polytechnic. (2) Final Parts I 1 1
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      28 28 ATHLETICS: Cedar OlrU meet (Cedar Avenue). HOCKEY: Dtv. 3 CSC "C" v Woodbrldge Hospital (Balestler Road); Dlv. 3 BCC v Prlaon (padang). BADMINTON: National Youth championships, (SBA Hall).
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    106 30 TALKS TO PROBE CAIRO'S TERMS CAIRO, Wed. US Secretary of State William Rogers met T.typtian Foreign Minister Mahmoud Riad for a second time today to probe Cairo's terms for reopening tbe Suez Canal and for a peaceful settlement in the Middle East. Mr. Rogers, here on the fourth leg of
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    We must unite for survival says Ismail
    211 30 We must unite for survival says Ismail KOTA KINABALU, Wed. The efforts of antlnatlonal groups and circles with vested Interests will fall if the people are united and if their wishes are fulfilled by the Government. Deputy Prime Minister Tun (Dr.) Ismail said tonight. "It Is Important that intensified action
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    55 30 BELFAST, Wed. Bernard Pa Ik, a British Broadcasting Corp. (BBC) television newsman, today began a four-day Jail term for refusing to tell a court the Identity of a suspected Irish Republican Army men he had interviewed. Palk. 28 said his personal ethics as a Journalist prevented him from
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    'Panther' freed
    27 30 SAN FRANCISCO. Wed. A Federal Judge today dismissed charges against Black Panther leader David Hllllard who was accused of threatening to kill President Nixon. XJFI.
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    Newsprint rationing in Pakistan
    316 30 RAWALPINDI. Wed. The Pakistan Government has Introduced nationwide newsprint rationing, limiting daily newspapers in Dacca, Karachi, Lahore and Rawalpindi to 46 pages a week. This Is part of an overall effort to salvage the country's economy, severely damaged by the current civil war. While the newsprint
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    219 30 T ONDON, Wed. Government bondi closed eauer today on balance. Statement* from Bonn appeared to Indicate an extension of the period of uncertainty over the International currency situation. Ooid featured with large lalna la heavy trading Bournes drifted lower. At &45 p.m. the Financial Times index was down
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    56 30 PHNOM PENH. Wed. —Cambodia s National Assembly will meet In special session tomorrow to consider whether to accept a new Cab'net formed today by ailing Premier Lon Nol. Among the ministers named Is Mr. Long Baret. 39, now In Malaysia attending the Sixth Ministerial Conference for South-East
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    62 30 CANBERRA, Wed. Shadow Minister for Primary Industry Rex Patterson alleged here today that the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) had been authorised to try and arrange for listening devices to be placed in the Bank of China In Hong Kong during ChinaAustralia trade negotiations. In reply. Mr.
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    29 30 NEW YORK. Wed. The widow of Igor Stravinsky, the composer who died here on April 6, inherits his entire estate, estimated from one to US$l.4 million. Reuter.
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    24 30 LA PAZ (Bolivia). Wed. Bolivian police today reported the kidnap of a German businessman, Mr. John Von Bergen, 60. In La Paz. UPI.
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